usa 1920s statistics/dates

steel production increased

26.1 million tonnes (1910) → 42.1 million tonnes (1920)

USA was the worlds biggest supplier of

chemical products

people in work rose by __ 1917-1918

1.3 million

wages of unskilled workers rose by

20%

1921 emergency quota act

restricted immigration to 3% of the number of residents (per 1910 census) from that country already in the US

1924 immigration act

reduced immigration quota a further 2% (per 1890 census), max 150,000 per country, all asians banned

in the early 1920s, USA was producing

30% of worlds wheat, 75% of its corn, 55% of its cotton, 70% of petrol

1921 tariff act

increased taxes on wheat, meat and wool etc.

1922 Fordney and McCumber Tariff Act

raised tariffs and extended them to industrial goods

iron ore rose ____ during war

41.1 mil. to 75.3 mil. tonnes

coal rose ____ during war

422.7 mil. to 551 mil. tonnes

exports increased

$21.9 mil. to $281 mil. during war

sent $___ to Britain and France that they repaid during the 20s

$10 million

race riots in

23 cities across USA in 1919